Money Transfer Scams:ENGR ALI KASIM, NNPC Over-Invoiced

Scam Money Transfers - "Over-Invoiced"
Example - ENGR ALI KASIM, NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)

Did you receive an email from a "ENGR ALI KASIM" who  "would love to seek your indulgence over an urgent and very sensitive business proposal."  It's the usual dead, wealthy person with no will and no heirs and you-have-the-same-last-name - scam! "ENGR ALI KASIM" will just change the name of the dead man to match your surname. the claim that "unclaimed funds are... credited to the Government for purchase of military equipments" is, of course, completely false; just a nice scammer touch to make the fraud work.  It is a rather preposterous statement in any case.

Even if this were all true, you would be committing several felonies and would end up in prison.  In reality, it is all a scam.  ENGR ALI KASIM (not his real name, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.  If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!

Notice (highlighted below) some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:

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Scam email:

From: From ENGR ALI KASIM [mailto: al_mohammedd4@yahoo.com.vn ]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:32 PM
Subject: NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
From ENGR ALI KASIM
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC),
Garki, Abuja-Nigeria.
7-3-2007

ATTN,

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS E-MAIL TO YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING TO READ AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MY NAME IS ENGR ALI KASIM, I AM A DIRECTOR IN THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC).

I HAVE THIS DEAL OF AN OVER INVOICED SUM OF US$180,000,000.00 PURPOSELY CARVED OUT FROM AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT IN MY CORPORATION.

IT WILL BE MY UTMOST INTEREST TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF THE PARTNERS TO PROCESS THE DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THE FUND RELEASED TO YOU AS THE FOREIGN CONTRACTOR THAT OWN THE FUND.

THE TRANSACTION WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL LEGAL BACKING THAT IS GIVEN TO AN EXECUTED CONTRACT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RISK INVOLVED. IT IS 100% RISK FREE. EVERY

ARRANGEMENTS TOWARDS IT SUCCESSFULL PROCESSING HAVE BEEN PERFECTED.

MY POSITION AS A CIVIL SERVANT HERE IN NIGERIA DOES NOT PERMIT ME TO RUN A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND ALSO ASSIT IN FINANCING THE PROCESSING OF THIS TRANSACTION WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE RATIO OF ITS SHARING IS 55% FOR ME, 45% FOR YOU.

TO COMMENCE THE PROCESSING, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND TO ME

(A) YOUR FULL NAMES AND COMPANY NAME TO BE INCORPORATED AND ADDRESS,

(B) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED TO OR WITHIN THE SHORTEST PERIOD YOU CAN OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT FOR THIS TRANSACTION,

(C) YOUR TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.

REGARDS

ENGR ALI KASIM

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